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Speaker 1: Season thirteen, episode number thirty nine. Welcome to another edition

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Speaker 1: of The Break. I'm live from the s WBC Mortgage

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Speaker 1: studios at the Star. I'm glad to be back in

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Speaker 1: studio with you guys. Let's talk some Cowboys football and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have some talk on. We'll catch you guys

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Speaker 1: up on the injury situation for the Cowboys heading into

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Speaker 1: this week's game. We'll talk a little bit about Dak Prescott.

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Speaker 1: Yesterday I heard there was an interesting conversation that began,

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Speaker 1: and then yesterday evening, what you guys don't know is

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Speaker 1: there was this feverish matt dash by all three of

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Speaker 1: my co host to try to figure out some arguments

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Speaker 1: on either side of this debate on Dak and how

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Speaker 1: he played last week exactly serious. Yeah, it became okaya,

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Speaker 1: it became a seemingly like a contest between the three

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Speaker 1: of you guys to come up with the best research

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Speaker 1: and points on this issue. So we'll talk about that,

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Speaker 1: um a little bit, and then we'll get into Cowboys

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Speaker 1: versus Broncos. We're gonna talk about the Cowboys offense versus

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Speaker 1: the Broncos defense. Dave will give us a scouting report,

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Speaker 1: and I want to talk a lot about this one

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Speaker 1: particular matchup of Dez Bryant versus a Key to Leave

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Speaker 1: and I guess you throw in Chris Harris Junior as well,

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Speaker 1: two of what I think maybe the best cornerback tandem

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Speaker 1: and how Dez is going to have to deal with that.

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Speaker 1: But before we do that, let's, uh, I guess, let's

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Speaker 1: first just see how everybody's doing this morning. How's it

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Speaker 1: going on? Good? I feel a little under the weather?

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Speaker 1: Were doing, guys, Yeah, but I mean I'm I'm good.

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna get someone sick, I'd rather you get

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Speaker 1: some random person who's unsuspecting sick than an entire team.

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Speaker 1: And of course me or Nick, like Amber, like William, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: catch up on the injury report for the Cowboys yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Or three players at miss practice Anthony Hitchens, Orlando Scandrick,

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Speaker 1: and Terrence Williams. Obviously, Scandrick and Hitchens, we know that

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Speaker 1: they we know their situations. Skandrick, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: if if there's an expectation he's not playing this week,

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Speaker 1: I would think he's not playing. But what are you

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Speaker 1: he's been ruled out according to you, according to me,

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Speaker 1: I don't think he'll play. I'm not gonna say sensitive,

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Speaker 1: A guy broke his hand, No, but he had surgery,

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Speaker 1: So I don't think. I mean, we've heard of certain

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Speaker 1: just overall during the second half, he's just more consistent. Now.

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Speaker 1: First half, yeah, first quarter great, second quarter not, it's

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Speaker 1: his worse, but he moves on to the second half

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Speaker 1: and now he has everything more, you know, precise and

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Speaker 1: under control and just more concise. Okay, constant, All right,

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Speaker 1: That's that's what I'm referring to all over the place

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Speaker 1: whatever whatever. Mann Appreciate the discussion. I think it's a

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Speaker 1: good discussion. And I will say this we'll keep we'll

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Speaker 1: keep an eye on that now, I guess going forward

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Speaker 1: and look and see what happens over these next few

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Speaker 1: games and throughout this season, and see if this becomes

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Speaker 1: a trend one way or the other. I do still

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Speaker 1: believe that when it comes down to it, kind of

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Speaker 1: nitpicking a little bit because for the year, the guy

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Speaker 1: had a completion percentage that was pretty dog gun. Oh

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Speaker 1: he's still great. I mean, if look out the season

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Speaker 1: he had, nobody's arguing whether he's a bad player or not.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna jump right in Cowboys offense versus Denver defense.

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Speaker 1: Can I say something real quick? Of course you're seeing

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Speaker 1: all these Twitter messages. People just are very passionate about

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Speaker 1: this subject. I just wanted to say my stats came

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Speaker 1: from Pro Football, So if you want to look into

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Speaker 1: up on that website. That's it. Moving on. Sorry, you're

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Speaker 1: still gonna well people, I just fired up. Is not giving.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, if you want to talk about my

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Speaker 1: numbers here, they'll just pro football. I think one thing

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Speaker 1: that you need to also remember about the number. We're

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Speaker 1: moving on. No, no, that we're not moving on. Hold

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Speaker 1: on percentage. I'm sitting right back over. We're moving on

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Speaker 1: to the Broncos. Come on, Derek, there's a different kind

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Speaker 1: of pass in the second half. Okay, you're gonna be

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Speaker 1: conservative a little bit more. You're gonna go more underneath

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Speaker 1: routes to the tight end, maybe swinging to the running back.

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Speaker 1: You're not going to fire the ball thirty yards. Okay,

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Speaker 1: clearly we're not gonna come to an agreement. I'm just saying,

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Speaker 1: so a completion percentage is gonna be a little bit

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Speaker 1: little bit safer, And it was only like one or

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Speaker 1: two percentage points higher, so it's not that much of

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Speaker 1: a difference, but you are going to have a higher

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Speaker 1: completion percentage in the second half because you're really trying

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Speaker 1: to hold onto the ball, move the clock, and not

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Speaker 1: turn the ball over. So Broncos versus Cowboys, let's jump

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Speaker 1: in Cowboys. We're on the Cincinnati Cowboys, Cowboys offense and

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Speaker 1: Denver defense. Dave, let's get a scouting report, give a

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Speaker 1: scout report on this defense. I don't know if this

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Speaker 1: interests other people as much as it interests me, but

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Speaker 1: the main thing I see when I look at this

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Speaker 1: defense is the Broncos, Like for as good as they've

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Speaker 1: been over the last five years, six years, this is

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Speaker 1: not like a homegrown defense. No, it's I mean, okay,

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Speaker 1: Derek Wolf second round draft pick, Von Miller obviously number

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Speaker 1: two overall pick. Um Justin Simmons, who's the starting safety,

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Speaker 1: is a third round pick, and Chris Harris is an

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Speaker 1: undrafted free agent that they discovered. Good for you. The

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Speaker 1: rest of this is all trades, undrafted free agents or

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Speaker 1: I mean outside free agents. I mean you remember a

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Speaker 1: few years ago when they had that big day when

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Speaker 1: they signed all those signed. Um, who else to keep?

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Speaker 1: To leave? Your best cornerback is from another team. Brandon

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Speaker 1: Marshall came in from Jacksonville. Todd Davis, who's handling middle

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Speaker 1: linebacker next to Brandon Marshall, came from New Orleans. Your

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Speaker 1: second best pass rusher behind Vaughan is he's actually homegrown

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Speaker 1: Shaquille Barrett. He's a undrafted free agent twenty fourteen. But surprisingly,

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Speaker 1: you know they had where and you just think of

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Speaker 1: them as having like pass rusher after pass rusher. Shaquille

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Speaker 1: Barrett had five and a half sacks in twenty fifteen

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Speaker 1: and one last year. He got one against the Chargers

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Speaker 1: on opening Night. But he's not like this sack monster.

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Speaker 1: And so I'm sitting here, I have all the respect

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Speaker 1: in the world for Von Miller, but there's not a

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Speaker 1: ton in the way of proven other guys once you

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Speaker 1: get past him. I mean, and this is a three four,

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Speaker 1: so you know, Derek Wolf has been doing his thing

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Speaker 1: for a long time. Demata Pico, you remember him from Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: He's been doing this for a long time. Jared Crick

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Speaker 1: is another outside free agent that they brought in from Houston.

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Speaker 1: But these guys aren't. These are not big sack guys.

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Speaker 1: That's the purpose of the line in three fours to

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Speaker 1: open things up for your outside linebackers. And you have

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Speaker 1: Vaughan and Barrett and then not a lot of stuff

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Speaker 1: that intimidates me at least, I mean, I don't want

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Speaker 1: to speak for them. But so that's the main thing

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Speaker 1: I notice is that. And another thing this is going

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Speaker 1: to be in my column that I put up later.

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Speaker 1: It's amazing, even by NFL standards, how much this team

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Speaker 1: has turned over, even since the twenty thirteen Super Bowl season. Right,

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Speaker 1: there's like six guys on this roster who were there

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Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen. Keep to Lee, wasn't there Basically nobody

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Speaker 1: in that backfield except for Chris Harry wasn't on the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl team. No, he was on the team that

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Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl. He was not on the team

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Speaker 1: lost to the scotch Yes, yes, yes, okay, six out

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Speaker 1: of fifty three players C J. Anderson was a practice

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Speaker 1: squad player in twenty thirteen. They I mean, it's completely

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Speaker 1: made over in terms of what it looked like from there.

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Speaker 1: So obviously still really good. I mean, they looked phenomenal

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Speaker 1: against the Chargers for the most part, especially in the

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Speaker 1: second half last night. But I do kinda I and

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Speaker 1: you know this is going to sound inflammatory. I don't

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Speaker 1: mean it's sound that way, but like I do kind

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Speaker 1: of wonder if a little bit of this is like

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Speaker 1: writing on past reputations, you know, like they once you've

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Speaker 1: been elite for a certain amount of time in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: you just kind of get that credit until you don't anymore. Well,

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Speaker 1: here's the other thing the factory here, when you're talking

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Speaker 1: about elite, elite defenses aren't usually ranked in the bottom

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Speaker 1: part of the league and rush defense, and last year

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Speaker 1: they were twenty eighth in the league and rush defense.

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Speaker 1: And I think in this last game it started off

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Speaker 1: and I heard you say this, Dave, it started off

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Speaker 1: where you were like, oh, they didn't fix that. They

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Speaker 1: buckled down but by it. But by the time the

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Speaker 1: game started really going, they ended up only giving up

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Speaker 1: sixty four yards on the ground, fifty four of that

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Speaker 1: to Melvin Gordon. Um. I guess with all that being said,

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Speaker 1: do you think this is a team that can be

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Speaker 1: susceptible to a good offensive line and the running attack

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Speaker 1: behind with Ezekiel Ellis. Yeah, without it, they can be.

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Speaker 1: They could be hurt by that because what they do

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Speaker 1: best is obviously rushed to the pastor they've got the

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Speaker 1: best pass rusher in the NFL. He got a player

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Speaker 1: that is Lawrence Taylor like that that can absolutely take

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Speaker 1: over the game. And when when you have that type

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Speaker 1: of player and you have to go to the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage and find out where he is and change

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Speaker 1: your protections and change your some of your formations to

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Speaker 1: block Kim, then then you're kind of playing you know,

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Speaker 1: you're playing a little bit handicapped there because you have

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Speaker 1: to find out where you know, you're letting the defense

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Speaker 1: somewhat dictate what you do. But I still think if

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Speaker 1: you run the football on them and get out of

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Speaker 1: those situations where they can be the most effective, then yeah,

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Speaker 1: you can kind of put them on their heels. That's

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Speaker 1: going to be the key. It's just making sure that

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Speaker 1: you stay out a third and long, you know, throughout

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Speaker 1: the game. I'll throw this out there. They obviously Van

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Speaker 1: anybody in the league because other than Von, the best

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Speaker 1: thing they got going for him is the trio of

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Speaker 1: Talib Harris and then even throwing Bradley Roby. He's a

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Speaker 1: especially when he's got that help. And obviously they feel

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Speaker 1: good enough about their safeties that they cut tj. Ward

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Speaker 1: in the preseason. And was that more about money though,

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Speaker 1: or was it about his ability? I think it was

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Speaker 1: a little bit about ability. It's it's about the money.

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Speaker 1: It's a little bit about money. But if you were

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Speaker 1: worth the money, you wouldn't be cut. The most expensive

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Speaker 1: player in the league won't be cut if he's playing

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Speaker 1: up to it right, So, but that doesn't always mean

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Speaker 1: he's not still the best safety you got, I guess,

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Speaker 1: although that I was kind of I will say darry

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Speaker 1: and Stewart looked really good for them on Monday night.

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Speaker 1: He is dealing with an injury a growing injury, that's

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Speaker 1: something to watch. My point being between Von Miller getting

638
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,959
Speaker 1: after Dak and these defensive backs, passing is not how

639
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: I want to try to win this game anyway. So

640
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 1: we know the Broncos are successible to the run. I

641
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: think even maybe he might not admit it, but I

642
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 1: think it's a fair scouting report to say that Von's

643
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: not as good against the run as he is against

644
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: the past. That's not his strength. So question from Twitter

645
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: just to count the rod. Should the Cowboys be worried

646
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: about Lyle Collins trying to go against Von Yeah? Yeah,

647
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: yess be worried about that. And one thing you would

648
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: notice if you watch that game the other night San Diego.

649
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: They held on without a sack, But a good part

650
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: of that was because almost heavy play, it seemed like

651
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 1: he was getting chipped, had a tight end on him.

652
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: They were trying to disrupt him as much as much

653
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: as possibly. They were not leaving him on an island.

654
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 1: So if the Cowboys are looking at that and thinking

655
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,720
Speaker 1: about who this guy is and thinking about the amount

656
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,239
Speaker 1: of experience at Lyle Collins has at tackle, I would

657
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: think they're gonna probably do something similar and try to

658
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: chip a lot try to give help, and you know,

659
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 1: limit the number of times he's gonna be going one

660
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 1: on one with Von Miller. I remember a game I

661
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 1: remember back in two thousand and eight, DeMarcus Ware had

662
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,439
Speaker 1: a sack streak of ten straight games and it was gone.

663
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: It would come over from oh seven and then about

664
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: half four or five games into eight ten straight games

665
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,919
Speaker 1: with a sack, and he was approaching records and things

666
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: like that. And he played the Buccaneers in a game

667
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: Romo did not play, and he didn't get a sack

668
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,359
Speaker 1: that day. He was the most disruptive player though that

669
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: he's been in any game. I mean John Gruden I

670
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: member after which was like, this is the best player,

671
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: this is best if it's player in football. I mean,

672
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,919
Speaker 1: he didn't get a sack, but the Bucks were trying

673
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: to drive for a touchdown and every play he was

674
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 1: out there. So that is the one position they always say, oh,

675
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 1: we say it on here all the time, horseshoes and

676
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,399
Speaker 1: hand grenades or you know, that's the only thing close

677
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 1: matters pass rush. It also matters you could not you

678
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 1: don't even have to get a hit on the quarterback,

679
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 1: but if you come screaming off the edge, and you

680
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,799
Speaker 1: throw the ball into in the ground. You've done your job.

681
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: You know, you didn't get a sack, but you got

682
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 1: close and close matters. And not only that, but the

683
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: Broncos I want to say, crap, I left it up.

684
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: They did? How many they had? I mean, I know

685
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 1: they hit Simmi in nine times? How many sacks did

686
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: they have? I want to say, I think it was five.

687
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 1: I want to say, well it was, I'm thinking as

688
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: actually that's the flip. No, yeah, the Chargers had four, right, Yeah,

689
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 1: one of the Broncos got multiple and I and to

690
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 1: and to Nick's point on the final third down in

691
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: the game before they settled for that field goal, it

692
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,919
Speaker 1: was I brought this up on Monday. Rivers threw it immediately,

693
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: like he didn't even wait to look at his receivers

694
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: because he could feel Vaughan like it was gross how

695
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: quick he got around Like I'm laughing thinking about it. Yeah,

696
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: he threw it right into the ground. Does it change

697
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 1: it all? Having because both those quarterbacks play the other

698
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: night are not what you would consider to be mobile quarterbacks.

699
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: Does it help that they can't just come screaming around

700
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 1: that edge, because if they do, they can leave themselves

701
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 1: with these gaping holes. That allows Dad to get out

702
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: of the pocket. And what we know of Dak is

703
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 1: not only can he run, but he does well when

704
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 1: he gets outside the pocket and he looks to throw

705
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 1: down field while running. Does Zach create more of an

706
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: opportunity for the Cowboys here for a team like this

707
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 1: that's so aggressive and trying to get time, And that's

708
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: why they don't rank very strong against the run. I

709
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,319
Speaker 1: mean because because you when you get around the edge,

710
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,720
Speaker 1: I mean obviously you get it blocked. That's a huge,

711
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: you know, a huge seem to run through or the quarterback,

712
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: like you said, to step up. So that's gonna be

713
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: the difference in the game, right there, is figuring out,

714
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:48,439
Speaker 1: you know, when to run and how to offset that rush. Now, yeah,

715
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: you can look at and say Von Miller versus is

716
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: Lyell Collins, But I think Von Miller is so good

717
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 1: and just his mentality is he's probably going to go

718
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: up against Tyring a lot too. You're not just gonna

719
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,399
Speaker 1: just say I'm not going up against him, I bet

720
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: because if you do that, if you just say every

721
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: time I'm gonna line up over here, that helps the Cowboys.

722
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 1: That's Okay, we know where our protection is going to be.

723
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 1: You want to go up against Lall, that's fine, but

724
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: it won't be Dislay. You need Dak to look and

725
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: find where he is, because even if he's over here

726
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 1: on Tyrn. As much as I like Tyring as a player,

727
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,240
Speaker 1: I still think that he'll get beat by von Miller.

728
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 1: If there's a player times there's a player that can

729
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: beat Tying, it might be von Miller. I mean there

730
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 1: is some Olivia Vernon's done it. I mean we've seen it,

731
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: and so you have to be aware. You can't. We're

732
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,000
Speaker 1: good where he is yet, so I think it's it's

733
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 1: to the broncos best interest to move him around something.

734
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: For the most part third nine, you can bet he'll

735
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: be going up against Lyall, But still I throughout the game,

736
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: I think that they need to move him around. The

737
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: one thing I will say, though, is when he's going

738
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 1: up against Tyrn, you may not feel like you have

739
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 1: to give help. Now that doesn't mean a Tyron won't

740
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: have a moment when he might get beat. But I

741
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: think when you have a left tackle as good as him,

742
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,720
Speaker 1: you figure he's gonna win way more than he's gonna lose,

743
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: and so you don't necessarily have to think, hey, we

744
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 1: gotta get help over that side. Where with Lyle, because

745
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 1: of his inexperience, I think you probably as often as

746
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 1: possible need to give him some help. I mean, if

747
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,360
Speaker 1: you think about it, where if you're if you're the

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00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: quarterback and you're like, Okay, do I want von Miller

749
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 1: to be over here and blocked by Tyrn Smith? And

750
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,879
Speaker 1: I turned, I really don't know what's going on over here?

751
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: Or do you want him to be over here with

752
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,919
Speaker 1: Lyle and I'm maybe a tight end and I can

753
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: see everything coming. I remember Romo used to say it

754
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: all the time, you know, don't worry about don't hold

755
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: on the right side, because I can see him and

756
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: I'll make it miss. I see this. Somehow the Romo

757
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: was able to see this guy too. Yeah, let's say

758
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: he saw the whole thing. Yeah, all right, let's take

759
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 1: our final break when we come back. I do still

760
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: want to talk about Dez Bryant in relation to these

761
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,439
Speaker 1: cornerbacks matching up against the key to leave and Chris

762
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Speaker 1: Harris Jr. And I want to talk about it from

763
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Speaker 1: the context of he had a rough matchup last week.

764
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Speaker 1: Seems like he's gonna have a rough matchup this week.

765
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Speaker 1: Next week he's gonna be facing Peterson in Arizona. Let's

766
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 1: talk about it. If that has a way of kind

767
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768
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Speaker 1: Welcome back. It is the final segment of The Break

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Speaker 1: Live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios. Let's talk some

804
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Speaker 1: cornerback and wide receiver. Let's talk about Dez Bryan particularly.

805
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Speaker 1: Last week had a tough matchup. I thought it was

806
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: one that kind of went back and forth. I thought

807
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: he had some good moments. I thought the cornerback has

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Speaker 1: some good moments. This week he's gonna to be facing

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Speaker 1: two cornerbacks who are equally as good, if maybe not better,

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Speaker 1: and to keep to Leave and Chris Harris Jr. And

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Speaker 1: then next week he's gonna have to face Patrick Peterson, which,

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Speaker 1: if my memory serves correct, I think Arizona is a

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Speaker 1: team that will travel Peterson with whoever is the best

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00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: receiver from the opposing team, So he may have a

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00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 1: full day of dealing with Patrick Peterson. So my question

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Speaker 1: for you guys is do you think that there is

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Speaker 1: a possibility that there could be some some propensity on

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Speaker 1: the part of Dez, on the part of the offensive coordinator,

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00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 1: on the part of the quarterback to try too hard

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00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,799
Speaker 1: to get him involved in the game when he has

821
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: these really tough matchups, knowing that there may be better

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Speaker 1: options to go other places, so you don't have to

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Speaker 1: deal with that matchup. Do you think this can create

824
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: some some problems for the Cowboys a little bit. I

825
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: think I just think they shouldn't force it as much.

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Speaker 1: And Dad has so many tools, like great tools in

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Speaker 1: front of him and great guys that he can easily

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Speaker 1: use instead of just trying to kind of force it

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Speaker 1: down in some any place with I think those um

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00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: I said this last year about Odell, and it's the

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Speaker 1: same sort of with Dez. I mean, those guys that

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Speaker 1: they obviously need the ball, they want the ball, they're

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00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,320
Speaker 1: they're great when they have the football, and when they don't,

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Speaker 1: it's can cause a little bit of an issue, definitely

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Speaker 1: from a distraction on the field and maybe off the

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00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: field on the sideline. So I think that it's just

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Speaker 1: it's tough because you want to let the game come

838
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 1: to you. But after two or three possessions of Dez

839
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: not getting the football, then Dak has to go. Hear that,

840
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: he hears it on the sideline and then he's thinking

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00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,399
Speaker 1: that way, and then he's like, okay, and let's let's

842
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 1: try to let's try to shut the guy up. And

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00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:40,839
Speaker 1: it's not a bad thing to get the ball in

844
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 1: his hands. It's just it's got to be within the

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00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 1: flow of the game, and so they need to figure out,

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00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 1: which They've said it all week long, every single day.

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00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 1: It's an issue, but it's got to be an issue

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Speaker 1: that that comes to them naturally. Do you think that

849
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 1: was an issue last year because of my assumption there

850
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:56,839
Speaker 1: were games when Dez wasn't as involved last Do you

851
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 1: think that Dak was affected by whatever you think happened

852
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:03,359
Speaker 1: on the sideline that made him I think the first

853
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: game he was you know, but I mean suddenly if

854
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,879
Speaker 1: you listen to the I remember before the Redskin game

855
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: in week two, he made some comments that it wasn't

856
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: negative towards Dez, but he made some comments that, you know,

857
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 1: he had chances to make plays, and he'll have more

858
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 1: chances to make plays. So yeah, he wanted the ball

859
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 1: more he had he could have made some plays and

860
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: I could have thrown it better. And you know, he

861
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 1: kind of qualified it that way of saying, we'll be

862
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 1: all right when I don't worry about it, he'll get

863
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 1: the ball and and so I think it. And then

864
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: the next week they went out and they played against

865
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: the redskinst Josh Norman and I think they did throw

866
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: the ball a little bit more and they did it well.

867
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 1: But it's got to be a situation where he's not

868
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: feeling pressured to gotta get Dez Bryant the football or

869
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: he's going to be pouting an upset on the sideline

870
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 1: and I have to listen to it. And let's just

871
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,360
Speaker 1: be fair. I've all and I don't know if you

872
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: agree with this, but I don't think. I don't think

873
00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: Dez is one of those guys that goes over to

874
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: sideline and is complaining about the fact that he's not

875
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,160
Speaker 1: getting the ball. One thing that we know for a

876
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,400
Speaker 1: fact is when everybody thought he was and there was

877
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 1: actual proof of what he was saying, that's not what

878
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 1: he was doing. He was not complaining about the ball.

879
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 1: He was saying. He was basically trying to hype up.

880
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: I don't want I don't. I want to be very

881
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: careful about painting. Don't I want to be careful with

882
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: painting him with the t o brush of he's over

883
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,640
Speaker 1: there saying get me the ball. Well, I'm gonna say this,

884
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: if you're not wanting the football, then you're not going

885
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 1: to be a good receiver. I mean you're not one

886
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 1: of the best. Yeah, but there's a difference between wanting

887
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: it and being over there screaming game. I've seen it.

888
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: I've seen it from the sideline the times that I've

889
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 1: been down there doing like preseason obviously not the same

890
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: kind of game as during the season, but I've seen

891
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,440
Speaker 1: it to where he just goes up there and kind

892
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 1: of tells him like, hey, you know, I was open,

893
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: you know, not really upset at the fact that he

894
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: didn't throw it to him, which which I'm setting him know. Yeah. Yeah,

895
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,799
Speaker 1: And I mean for the most part, out of the

896
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 1: group of receivers, he's the one that I would say

897
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,840
Speaker 1: that from my observation, he would be the one that

898
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 1: does that the most, Like do you say Beasley, you know,

899
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 1: he stays off to the side, But aside from that,

900
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 1: he would be the one receiver that does go up

901
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 1: to him and kind of lets him know, hey, I

902
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:11,240
Speaker 1: was open or whatever, you know, just letting him know, Yeah,

903
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: these cornerbacks are getting in his in his you know

904
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: ear every game, every play. Yeah, yeah, there's another one.

905
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: So he goes to the sideline. I mean it's a

906
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,239
Speaker 1: big deal, you know, it's and so I know he

907
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 1: wants to shut them up, and he and he there's

908
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 1: several times we've seen plays where he, you know, he

909
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 1: gets these guys beat. He called jer Nors Jenkins lucky

910
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 1: because there was times the court, you know, Dak didn't

911
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 1: get him the ball when he had him beat. So

912
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 1: it's a definitely it's a big deal. They need to

913
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 1: get the ball in the hands of their best players,

914
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 1: and he certainly is one of them. It's just like

915
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,799
Speaker 1: I've said over and over, Dak needs to be able,

916
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,720
Speaker 1: it needs to be natural. You know, those fifty fifty balls,

917
00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:49,799
Speaker 1: he can win those, so so throw it up to

918
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: him at times. But I just think that get them

919
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: get him involved in the game, just like you'd get

920
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,920
Speaker 1: everybody involved. Dan. I'm not I don't. I'm not worried

921
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,719
Speaker 1: about Dak's ability to deal with des dec It's just

922
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: great at that type of stuff. That doesn't bother me

923
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 1: in the slightest I do. The Washington thing is an

924
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: interesting parallel for me because they got even they got

925
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,760
Speaker 1: even involved without sending him fifty yards down the field.

926
00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:16,879
Speaker 1: And I think that is a great idea for this game,

927
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: because I mean, I think it's it's gonna be another

928
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,319
Speaker 1: if you're if you're throwing up fifty fifty balls and

929
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:23,920
Speaker 1: trying to hit the big play. I think it's probably

930
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,880
Speaker 1: gonna be another frustrating day for Dez, but for the

931
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,879
Speaker 1: entire offense, because obviously you want those chunk plays. But

932
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,399
Speaker 1: his best play of the night the other night, other

933
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 1: than the flag, was that short ball that he caught

934
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:37,399
Speaker 1: where he had a chance to run out after the catch.

935
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 1: He does that so well. He's such a hard guy

936
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 1: to box out because of his size. Get him involved

937
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 1: throwing eight to twelve yard routes instead of instead of

938
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:49,040
Speaker 1: taking those shots, and it worked like a charm against Washington.

939
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 1: I don't think he scored a touchdown in that game,

940
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:52,920
Speaker 1: but I want to say he had seven or eight

941
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:54,880
Speaker 1: catches for one hundred yards or something, or maybe it

942
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:57,480
Speaker 1: was ninety something yards. But he's so good at that

943
00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:59,760
Speaker 1: type of stuff. And if you're going against good corners

944
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: like this, that's how he can beat them is just

945
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 1: with his size to box them off the route, whether

946
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: it's a slant or a comeback or whatever. But aren't

947
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:11,320
Speaker 1: the fifty fifty balls in this offense an important component? Absolutely?

948
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 1: Mainly because if I'm not saying that you don't do it,

949
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 1: but you maybe don't do it four times or however

950
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: many times they did it the other night, or maybe

951
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,719
Speaker 1: do it in a game where you're not playing two

952
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: of the best cornerbacks in the league. That's you play

953
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 1: to your strengths. That's and that's not your strength in

954
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: this match. He's a sixty sixty six, sixty seven percent

955
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 1: completion guy. I mean, that's that's what he was last

956
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 1: year's it's what he's been. So's in the second half, yeah,

957
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: and in the two out of nine in this last

958
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: game against the Giants. I mean, obviously it's just one game,

959
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: but the point is is that's not that's so far

960
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 1: away from where he normally is. So whatever it is,

961
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:51,879
Speaker 1: he needs to stay in that range. Well. Da Dak

962
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,839
Speaker 1: said yesterday that they liked their matchups in that game,

963
00:47:55,160 --> 00:48:00,359
Speaker 1: which you did, like Genors Jenkins, who was really really

964
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 1: good against as last year, like, but who else, like

965
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 1: when the way that they were matched up, they everybody

966
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 1: else had had some I mean some good moments. I

967
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: don't think that. I don't think there were a lot

968
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,480
Speaker 1: of other cornerbacks or linebackers who will lined up on

969
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 1: tight ends necessarily. I just meant specifically in reference to

970
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: deads like I didn't like that, and I got you,

971
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,600
Speaker 1: and I don't like this match up either. Which it's

972
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,680
Speaker 1: not to say you ignore DEAs you find a way

973
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,920
Speaker 1: to get him involved. But you know, as weird as

974
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: this sound of your strength. I never said this in

975
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: the press, Bucks, but it happened at least two times,

976
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:36,280
Speaker 1: maybe three. Sometimes des a strength can be a disadvantage

977
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 1: for him running down the field. You're running down the field,

978
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,600
Speaker 1: here's comes the ball, and all of a sudden, Jenkins

979
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 1: or whoever it is, is like shoving you. He's trying

980
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,680
Speaker 1: to push you out of bounds, and you've got strength

981
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: and you're kind of shoving back and it's a kind

982
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 1: of a grind and whatever, and the ball goes out

983
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:54,959
Speaker 1: of bounds. And then it's no call to guys playing

984
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 1: Stefan Digs or somebody like that who weighs a buck

985
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:01,719
Speaker 1: forty or whatever, and you start doing that to them,

986
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: and next thing you know, they they're like running into

987
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,960
Speaker 1: the cheerleaders. That's gonna get flagged because you just shoved

988
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: the guy out of bounds when he's trying to run

989
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 1: down the field. So it's just like a big you

990
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:13,920
Speaker 1: know center in the NBA that they never get as

991
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,719
Speaker 1: many calls because they're big and strong and you can

992
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: kind of just hack on them, and that kind of

993
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 1: happens sometimes. Jenkins had a fistful of Dez's face mask

994
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,799
Speaker 1: on fade that he caught. But Dez is standing up

995
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:25,799
Speaker 1: straight still and has a chance to make the play,

996
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:27,160
Speaker 1: and so they're not gonna want to call it on

997
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 1: every play. But I guarantee if he shoves a bout

998
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:32,000
Speaker 1: of bounds and the ball just just hits the end

999
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,480
Speaker 1: zone and there's nobody there, it's like, that's gonna be

1000
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:36,799
Speaker 1: a penalty. I agree with that. I do wonder though,

1001
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 1: if Dez likes that right, get get shoved up. But

1002
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,960
Speaker 1: not only that, I think Dez likes to know where

1003
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: the cornerback is, and I think he likes to get

1004
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: his leverage off of where the cornerback is. So he

1005
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:50,839
Speaker 1: didn't mind the cornerback kind of leaning on him a bit,

1006
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 1: because then he also knows, Okay, if I want to

1007
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:55,920
Speaker 1: make a quick stop and jump, I gotta know where

1008
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,120
Speaker 1: this guy is. He's on me. I let him go

1009
00:49:58,160 --> 00:49:59,800
Speaker 1: buy me, and I'm up right, I know if this

1010
00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: is soccer, you know, they flop all over the place,

1011
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,759
Speaker 1: and that's that's not what happened. It's just like, you know,

1012
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:08,000
Speaker 1: man versus man, you're not gonna shove me, I'll shove

1013
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: you back, and then nothing's ever called. But you could

1014
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: probably get more calls if you if you let yourself

1015
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: get hit like that, But he's not gonna do it,

1016
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: and I don't blame them. Yeah, let's get some calls.

1017
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 1: You can call us numbers two one four eight seven

1018
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:21,399
Speaker 1: two twenty one o two. Again it's two one four

1019
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 1: eight seven two twenty one oh two. You can also

1020
00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:26,800
Speaker 1: hit us on Twitter at Cowboys Break. Let's start with

1021
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 1: a question from Twitter Michael Gonzaliz's asking how do you

1022
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 1: think Dak and the team will do in the high

1023
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:37,080
Speaker 1: altitude of Denver? Denver? Young guy never played there before.

1024
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,399
Speaker 1: I know there have been some concerns and questions whether

1025
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 1: does the altitude indeed affect the players when they're playing

1026
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:50,120
Speaker 1: other real So what are y'all thoughts on this? I

1027
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 1: don't know how it can't be something different, Like it

1028
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:55,759
Speaker 1: doesn't mean that it's gonna make it to where you

1029
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:58,319
Speaker 1: can't play and you can't function in it, But I

1030
00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:02,120
Speaker 1: think it's different I mean, like I would just assume

1031
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:04,960
Speaker 1: I've been to Denver. I'm not a highly trained athlete,

1032
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 1: but I've been to Denver, and some of the normal

1033
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,360
Speaker 1: things you would do in Texas feel a little different

1034
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: when you do them there. I remember first time I

1035
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:15,400
Speaker 1: went to Denver. We're staying at a place where there

1036
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,319
Speaker 1: was an upstairs and downstairs, and I was taking the

1037
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:21,000
Speaker 1: bags from upstairs from downstairs to upstairs and literally got

1038
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:25,280
Speaker 1: upstairs and was like, oh, you know, it was different.

1039
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: And that doesn't mean again, it doesn't mean that these

1040
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:30,120
Speaker 1: highly trained athletes can't adjust to it, adapt to it.

1041
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:31,960
Speaker 1: But I was doing some reading on it yesterday and

1042
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 1: it said basically, in order for your body to be

1043
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:37,440
Speaker 1: able to acclimate to the point where you can do

1044
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:39,680
Speaker 1: it without it being different than what you're used to

1045
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 1: usually takes a couple of months. Is it's not something

1046
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:44,960
Speaker 1: that you just walk into Denver and all of a

1047
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,919
Speaker 1: sudden it feels the same to do the same level,

1048
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,359
Speaker 1: to have the same level of exertion as it does

1049
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 1: anywhere else. But there are thirty one other teams in

1050
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: the NFL that go to Denver and play football, and

1051
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,239
Speaker 1: Denver doesn't win every time. They're at home. So all

1052
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: that being said, yes, it will be different. I don't

1053
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 1: think it necessarily matters from the standpoint of them being

1054
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:07,400
Speaker 1: able to still win. These are world class athletes and

1055
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,680
Speaker 1: I'm sure that I'm sure it'll be different and there

1056
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:14,680
Speaker 1: will be some More than anything, it's oxygen. Well, yeah, oxygen,

1057
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:16,480
Speaker 1: And then I was more than anything. The kickers are

1058
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: probably the guys that need to worry about it more

1059
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Speaker 1: than anybody else. But I mean, get an extra great

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Speaker 1: for the kicker, right, because you get to get that thin.

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Speaker 1: It's just it's something to adjust to, what I mean.

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00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:28,719
Speaker 1: But yeah, exactly, the Broncos are not undefeated at home,

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00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:30,799
Speaker 1: and they're tough to beat. That's mostly because they have

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Speaker 1: good players, but so and they have a great fan

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00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:39,000
Speaker 1: base that is very supportive in their games. It's a

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Speaker 1: loud stadium. It's probably one of the loudest outdoor stadiums

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. So you just factor everything in. But

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Speaker 1: I think the more that it gets talked about, the

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00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,359
Speaker 1: probably more it gets in people's head about you know,

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Speaker 1: can I function the same? Can you start doubting your

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00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,279
Speaker 1: ability to go do what you've always done, which is

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00:52:56,320 --> 00:53:00,400
Speaker 1: run jump? And I thought Garrett Jason. I made a

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00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:02,879
Speaker 1: good point about it yesterday, which was just like, you know, yeah,

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00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 1: it's obviously real, but you know, I think you can

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00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:07,520
Speaker 1: kind of overdo that stuff. So we're not going to

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00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: spend a ton of time worrying about it, right. I

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Speaker 1: think I had someone tell me though, because we have

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Speaker 1: to throwback Thursday. You're going on the website is like

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Speaker 1: they haven't won there in twenty five years, Like now

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Speaker 1: that's two. Yeah, they only play there once every eight years. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's that there often, but it is today's throwback Thursday.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's take a phone call from Brian in Florida. Brian,

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00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 1: what up? Hey, guys, how are you doing today? Great?

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00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:37,040
Speaker 1: Are you excellent? Hey? I just want to say appreciate

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00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:39,560
Speaker 1: the world class coverage you guys provide Derrigan in the

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00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 1: off season and day you answered my mailbag question today. Hey,

1087
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:48,600
Speaker 1: he's performance? How about that? Happy to help out, hey.

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00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 1: So my question is, looks like we're going to get

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Speaker 1: Hitch back sometime in October. Who's the odd man out?

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00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 1: Is it Damien Wilson or is Hitch gonna you know,

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00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:00,520
Speaker 1: are they gonna rotate? What do you I think is

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00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:04,960
Speaker 1: the linebacker starting core once he gets back on the field,

1093
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:06,840
Speaker 1: and I'll hang up and let them thank hi, guys.

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00:54:06,920 --> 00:54:10,600
Speaker 1: I think anyone's ever done the Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:13,439
Speaker 1: double there and one day, one morning, probably well, if

1096
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,520
Speaker 1: if we're going to be a stickler, the heath question

1097
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:19,080
Speaker 1: was yesterday's questions. So that's actually either way, get on

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Speaker 1: a call and hey, that's awesome. Yeah, do that in

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Speaker 1: a week. I think that's probably still a pretty big

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Speaker 1: That is actually a good question. That's a great question

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Speaker 1: because you know, this whole time we've been like, well hitches,

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00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:33,319
Speaker 1: the mic hitches super underrated, and I still think all

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Speaker 1: that stuff's true. But man, Jalen Smith looked pretty darn

1104
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:38,160
Speaker 1: good the other night. So what are you gonna do?

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00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:42,040
Speaker 1: Take him? I take him off the field. I think

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Speaker 1: probably honestly the odd man outs justin Durant, because you

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00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,520
Speaker 1: brought him in here as an insurance policy for Damian Wilson,

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Speaker 1: and he turned into an insurance policy for Anthony Hitchins.

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Speaker 1: We don't know what's going to happen with Damian. I

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Speaker 1: don't get the feeling it's I don't get the feeling

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Speaker 1: something's coming down super soon in terms of his arrest.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, Durant was basically the odd man out

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Speaker 1: the other night. So what I would probably do is

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Speaker 1: rotate Hitchens and Jalen at Mike and just whatever. However

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00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:12,920
Speaker 1: Nickel got at that point, you know, fifty stand on

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Speaker 1: the field, so right now too, if he were fully

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Speaker 1: healthy today, I think I'd go with Hitch, but Jalen

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Speaker 1: just maybe could exceed those expectations as the season goes.

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Speaker 1: Good things, you got options, I mean you got two. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a great problem to have. Yeah, I think they

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Speaker 1: would find a way to get them both on the field.

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Speaker 1: Is this the last year of Hitchens still? Yes, this

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Speaker 1: is this kind of important time for him, and personally

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00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 1: he approached it well, you know, and he had a

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Speaker 1: great training camp, and he was doing some good things

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Speaker 1: in the preseason games and then obviously had had the injury.

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, we'll probably see him back. I

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Speaker 1: would imagine, you know, after maybe three or four more games,

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Speaker 1: maybe five, I say, wait till the buy that would

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Speaker 1: be five weeks and then to basically gets six weeks

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Speaker 1: six games weeks of games getting back for San Francisco. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: which but yeah, no, that's fascinating because and I'm anxious

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Speaker 1: to see hitch because he looked so good in the preseason.

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Speaker 1: And I brought this up in today's mailbag actually, which

1135
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Speaker 1: is linebacker is a sneaky concern for this team heading

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Speaker 1: into next offseason because Hitchens is a free agent. Who

1137
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:20,480
Speaker 1: the hell knows what's going to happen with Damian Wilson. Now,

1138
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Speaker 1: you feel really good about Jalen now, but you know

1139
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 1: that's that's and you had. But you'll, you'll, you'll. My

1140
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:29,359
Speaker 1: assumption is you'll just keep feeling better about jayl Well.

1141
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:31,960
Speaker 1: I hope, so, I hope so. But even still, you

1142
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:34,880
Speaker 1: have about two. You have two linebackers that you feel

1143
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Speaker 1: good about heading into really good ones, though really good ones.

1144
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Speaker 1: But you can't play a game with two linebackers. So

1145
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:41,719
Speaker 1: I get that. But I'm saying, I guess the point

1146
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:44,040
Speaker 1: I'm making is you can fill in if you've got

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Speaker 1: two really good ones and you spend the most of

1148
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:48,480
Speaker 1: your time playing nickel, Yeah, then you can fill in

1149
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Speaker 1: with other guys that are fourth fit und picks. Right, Sure,

1150
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,239
Speaker 1: those kind of guys can still play a role for

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Speaker 1: you at the linebacker position on a team like this,

1152
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Speaker 1: with how you use your linebackers. All right, we appreciate

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Speaker 1: you guys joining us. We are back tomorrow for more

1154
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Speaker 1: Cowboys versus Broncos. Will do that on Friday, get you

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Speaker 1: guys ready for the game on Sunday till inning for

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Speaker 1: Nick Eatman, Dave Hellman, Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eagelton. This

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Speaker 1: has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio.

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Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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